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Footage showing crates of Bud Light getting blown up with an artillery gun has been posted on social media and received more than 350,000 views.
The clip was from a video shared online by self-described "gun lover" Stefan Gol and shows cases of Bud Light being destroyed by military weapons to the sound of Ted Nugent's 'Come And Take It.'
Bud Light was targeted by a conservative boycott after working with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney and sending over a personalized can to celebrate her "day 365 of womanhood."
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A 37-second segment from Gol's video was posted on Twitter by Ron Flipkowski, who claims to "monitor and report right-wing extremism," and it got over 350,000 views and 340 retweets. Flipkowski added: "The War on Bud Light continues."
Gol posted the full three-minute 56-second video on Twitter. It begins with a man drinking from a can of Bud Light, and immediately finding his clothes are switched so he's wearing a pink dress, and has painted nails. After drinking a different brand of beer, and being transformed back so he is wearing stereotypically male clothing, the man gathers up crates of Bud Light and takes them to a shooting range.
Here the crates are destroyed using an artillery gun, WW2 era battle tank and flamethrower.
Accompanying the video on Twitter, Gol wrote: "@KidRock we loved your #BoycottAnheuserBusch video but we had to make a slightly beefier version at our ranch @drivetanks with more bang...Disclaimer: Zero bud light was purchased to make this video, it was sitting in my garage from before they went woke."
Gol also tagged in Kyle Rittenhouse, who was found not guilty of homicide after shooting two men dead during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, 2020.
In April, musician Kid Rock released a video of himself shooting at cases of Bud Light using a rifle.
Gol filmed his video at Drive Tanks in Uvalde, Texas, where he works as marketing director. The company lets members of the public pay to use historic tanks and artillery. The artillery gun used appears to be a Soviet D-20 152mm howitzer, which costs customers $1,950 to fire one round according to the Drive Tanks website. Later, crates of Bud Light are shot at using a Sherman tank, an iconic American vehicle that saw extensive use during WWII.
Speaking to Newsweek, Gol said, "At Drivetanks, we Texans take immense pride in the women in our lives, be it our wives, mothers, or sisters. We believe that if Anheuser-Busch were to feature a woman on their beer cans, there is an abundance of remarkable women who deserve this honor, rather than an imposter. It is crucial that the accomplishments of these women are not overshadowed by the woke movement.
"Furthermore, we perceive Dylan to be capitalizing on the woke movement in order to advance his career in show business. We firmly stand against supporting any organization that enables the exploitation of LGBT values for personal gain."
On April 14, Bud Light's CEO Brendan Whitworth said in a statement: "We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people."
He added: "My time serving this country taught me the importance of accountability and the values upon which America was founded: freedom, hard work and respect for one another. As CEO of Anheuser-Busch, I am focused on building and protecting our remarkable history and heritage."
Update 5/16/23 6:00 p.m. ET: This story has been updated with comment from Stefan Gol.
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